Admin

October 1, 2007

This website, My Diverse
Kitchen and I are committed to maintaining the privacy and protection of your personal
information. This privacy policy tells you about the information collected on
this website and how that information is used. By using the My Diverse Kitchen
website, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices
described in this privacy policy, which may be modified from time to time.

Children Under 13:

My Diverse
Kitchen is not directed at children under the age of 13. I operate my website
in compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, and will not
knowingly collect or use personal information from anyone under 13 years of
age.

Information Collected:

The information
collected on My Diverse Kitchen falls into two categories: (1) information you
supply when you register to receive emails or comment on this website, and (2)
tracking information collected as you navigate through the website.

Personally Identifying Information

In operating the
website, My Diverse Kitchen may include registration, comment forms, online
surveys, and other online forms that ask users to provide their names, e-mail
addresses, and other contact information.

Tracking Information

Cookies and Web Beacons

From time to
time, I may through this website, use cookies to help you personalize your
online experience. Cookies are identifiers that are transferred to your
computer’s hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to
recognize your browser. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that
you have returned to a specific page. Cookies help us learn which areas of this
website are useful and which areas need improvement.

You have the
ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying your Web browser; however, if
you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the
interactive features of the site.

A web beacon is
a transparent image file used to monitor your journey around a single website
or collection of sites. They are also referred to as web bugs and are commonly
used by sites that hire third-party services to monitor traffic. They may be
used in association with cookies to understand how visitors interact with the
pages and content on the pages of a web site.

Click Tracking

Like most other
websites, My Diverse Kitchen gathers certain information automatically and
stores it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP)
addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages,
operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. This information is
used to analyze trends, administer the site, track users’ movements around the
site and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. Except
as noted herein, I do not link this automatically-collected data to personal
information.

IP Addresses

Each user’s IP
address is logged with each visit and each action performed on My Diverse
Kitchen. This information is never provided to the third parties, except as
otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, and is logged only for a temporary
period of time. IP address information is linked to personal information and
may be used in an effort to block a “banned” user from accessing the Site.

Advertising.

Some of the
advertisers on this website may serve you cookies as well. We do not have
control over cookies placed by advertisers. We may use advertising service
vendors to help present advertisements on the website, one of which is http://www.gourmetads.com . These vendors may use cookies, web beacons, or
similar technologies to serve you advertisements tailored to interests you have
shown by browsing on this and other sites you have visited, to determine
whether you have seen a particular advertisement before and to avoid sending
you duplicate advertisements. In doing so, these vendors may collect
non-personal data such as your browser type, your operating system, Web pages
visited, time of visits, content viewed, ads viewed, and other clickstream
data. The use of cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies by these
advertising service vendors is subject to their own privacy policies, not ours,
and I disclaim all liability in connection therewith.

Participation on a Public Website

You should be aware that any personal information
you submit on My Diverse Kitchen in the comments may be read, collected, or
used by other users of this Site, including anonymous visitors.

How Your Information Will Be Used:

Personal Information

I will not share
your personal information with any third parties without your consent, except
as necessary to provide you with the services offered by this website or to
comply with the law. Your personal information may be used to verify your
identity, to check your qualifications, or to follow up with transactions
initiated on the site. We may also use your contact information to inform you
of any changes to My Diverse Kitchen, or to send you additional information
about My Diverse Kitchen.

Anonymous Information

I may use
anonymous information to analyze visitor traffic to this website, but will not
examine this information for individually identifying information. In addition,
information about anonymous IP addresses may be used to help diagnose problems
with our server, to administer this website, or to display the content
according to your preferences. Traffic and transaction information may also be
shared with business partners and advertisers on an aggregate and anonymous
basis.

Use of Cookies

I may use
cookies to deliver content specific to your interests. Promotions or
advertisements displayed on our site may contain cookies. I do not have access
to or control over information collected by outside advertisers on our site.

Disclosure of Personal Information

I may disclose
personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief
that such action is necessary to (1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply
with legal process served on My Diverse Kitchen, (2) protect and defend the
rights or property of My Diverse Kitchen or the users of this site, or (3) act
under circumstances to protect the safety of the public or users of this website.

Security

My Diverse
Kitchen has security measures in place to prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration
of the information that is obtained from you, but I cannot make any assurances
about my ability to prevent any such loss, misuse, to you or to any third party
arising out of any such loss, misuse, or alteration.

Comments

My Diverse
Kitchen may include interactive forms such as comments. Please remember that
any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and
you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal
information.

Third Party Websites

My Diverse
Kitchen may contain links to other websites. If you choose to visit other
websites, I shall not be held responsible for the privacy practices or content
of those other websites, and it is your responsibility to review the privacy
policies at those websites to confirm that you understand and agree with their
policies.

If you have any
questions about this policy, practices related to this website, please feel
contact me at aparna[AT]mydiversekitchen[DOT]com

Updates and Changes

I reserve the
right, at any time, to add to, change, update, or modify this privacy policy,
simply by posting such change, update, or modification on My Diverse Kitchen
and without any other notice to you. Any such change, update, or modification
will be effective immediately upon posting on the site. It is your
responsibility to review this privacy policy from time to time to ensure that
you continue to agree with all of its terms.